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whether the people care about the economy, if the economy turns around, conventional wisdom will go, i know conventional wisdom is wrong a lot, obama can win, romney can come in if the economy continues to go downward. right now that trend if you throw up one of the big map of how unemployment or job creation numbers look, it looks bad. >> actually, the underlying numbers are pretty encouraging. corporate profits are strong. housing numbers are coming back. we have seen energy costs continue to drop. that actually drives consumer confidence. there are a number of things going well. >> people look at jobs. >> well, they do, but one of the reasons why the unemployment rate went up because people are starting to look for jobs again. and for the longest period of time, they have stopped looking. we have seen almost 30 straight months of private sector job growth of 30 straight months of manufacturing job growth. we, again, it's important for us not to talk ourselves into a recession. is there much we can do about what's going on in europe? probably not a lot. what we need to focus on are
whether the people care about the economy, if the economy turns around, conventional wisdom will go, i know conventional wisdom is wrong a lot, obama can win, romney can come in if the economy continues to go downward. right now that trend if you throw up one of the big map of how unemployment or job creation numbers look, it looks bad. >> actually, the underlying numbers are pretty encouraging. corporate profits are strong. housing numbers are coming back. we have seen energy costs...
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it's all about the economy. and you would think that president obama, after having won this state in 2008, has the organizational advantage here in this state. he's got 65 field offices across the state compared to romney's 14, and all of this is about turnout at this point. that's what the campaigns are focusing on. i'm pretty sure if you called the campaign and told them you wanted a piggyback ride to the polls, you would get a piggyback ride to the polls. >> and a twinkie no doubt. they'd give you anything to get there. thank you, ed lavandera. perhaps the biggest prize in this whole race right now, ohio. the final cnn/orc poll shows the president with a three-point lead in the state that many people believe will deliver the next president. cnn's martin savidge is in cleveland for us this morning. martin, do they know we're all watching them in ohio? >> early voting is really going to be key as has been talked about by other correspondents. the polling has been going on since october 2nd here, john. early vot
it's all about the economy. and you would think that president obama, after having won this state in 2008, has the organizational advantage here in this state. he's got 65 field offices across the state compared to romney's 14, and all of this is about turnout at this point. that's what the campaigns are focusing on. i'm pretty sure if you called the campaign and told them you wanted a piggyback ride to the polls, you would get a piggyback ride to the polls. >> and a twinkie no doubt....
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ahow fast the economy is growing. the chief economist at economist magazine. god to have you with us. we know of a survey of economists, they were predicting that the number would be something like 1.7. we know that the previous quarter was 1.3. give me a sense of exactly what this number is and if it is in that range, while we wait these numbers, what does it mean? >> sure. the numbers is how fast the economy is going. 1.3%, which is the amount the economy was growing in the second quarter of the year is pretty slow. not recession but unbelievably slow recovery. when we're looking for and the expectation is that that is accelerating a little bit but still a pretty slow economy, 1.3, 1.7. if it's not accelerated, it's bad news. if the number is higher, that's pretty good news as we come into a period of huge uncertainty about the fiscal cliff it's important to know where it is right now. >> gdp looks specifically at consumer spending, right, specifically at housing as well. >> gdp is the over -- >> they just gave me t
ahow fast the economy is growing. the chief economist at economist magazine. god to have you with us. we know of a survey of economists, they were predicting that the number would be something like 1.7. we know that the previous quarter was 1.3. give me a sense of exactly what this number is and if it is in that range, while we wait these numbers, what does it mean? >> sure. the numbers is how fast the economy is going. 1.3%, which is the amount the economy was growing in the second...
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how strong is our economy? >> the people, ambassador, who were in my focus group, i was in orlando last night. the minute they heard about china and economy, they were very interested, and really focused. do you think that the president had more strength on this issue or do you think it was mitt romney? >> you know, it's hard to say, because i think governor romney's point is a good one, that china has been a major human rights violator. but also violating and stealing our intellectual property from american businesses, we've got to get tough with china. the problem, at least in my view, with governor romney's solution, i'm going to name them a currency violator my first day in office is it immediately puts us into an open, big confrontation with china when we need china on iran, on north korea, on syria, is that smart? and i think that president obama's more nuanced view, obviously tempered by his experience in office, is probably the better way for the united states. >> ambassador nick burns joining us this m
how strong is our economy? >> the people, ambassador, who were in my focus group, i was in orlando last night. the minute they heard about china and economy, they were very interested, and really focused. do you think that the president had more strength on this issue or do you think it was mitt romney? >> you know, it's hard to say, because i think governor romney's point is a good one, that china has been a major human rights violator. but also violating and stealing our...
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the economy is barely limping along. it's growing at 1.3%. that's slower than it grew last year and last year was slower than the year before. >> they talk about ts great recession as if it fell out of the sky like oh, my goodness. where did it come from? it came from this man voting to put two wars on a credit card, at the same time put a prescription drug benefit on the credit card. a trillion dollar tax cut for very wealthy. i was there. >> the two men pitched plans to speed up job growth over the next four years, but as they say the devil is in the details. mark zandi joins us now, chief economist with moody's analytics. his new book is called "paying the price, ending the great recession and beginning a new american century." mark let's start with jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon saying that the housing has turned a corner. we have seen housing prices start to move up. we've seen foreclosures at a five-year low. the unemployment rate at 7. pfrs. we have jobless claims at a four-year low. is joe biden's recovery finally here 28 months later? >> y
the economy is barely limping along. it's growing at 1.3%. that's slower than it grew last year and last year was slower than the year before. >> they talk about ts great recession as if it fell out of the sky like oh, my goodness. where did it come from? it came from this man voting to put two wars on a credit card, at the same time put a prescription drug benefit on the credit card. a trillion dollar tax cut for very wealthy. i was there. >> the two men pitched plans to speed up...
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and you don't want the obama economy and our guy knows how to run a business and run an economy and run a state. but we are seeing that the polling is showing us, back to the polling, two-thirds of americans say things really aren't great right now but saying a year ahead, they see things looking better, the housing market, housing numbers starting to show signs of life, three months in a row, housing prices going up, data today that will show maybe some spark, notwithstanding the fiscal cliff happening in the american economy. how does that change your message for the romney campaign? >> listen, i happen to agree with the assement about the polling that goes back to my earlier point. the polls, literally feeding this beast about polling, spending way too much time talking about it the bottom line is this. i read a headline that says obama defends his record. there is no -- i mean if you are defending a record of failure, he's failed on every level. if you hold him to account to his own -- >> people are saying the economy is starting better, they are not losing money or their house
and you don't want the obama economy and our guy knows how to run a business and run an economy and run a state. but we are seeing that the polling is showing us, back to the polling, two-thirds of americans say things really aren't great right now but saying a year ahead, they see things looking better, the housing market, housing numbers starting to show signs of life, three months in a row, housing prices going up, data today that will show maybe some spark, notwithstanding the fiscal cliff...
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that's how you have an economy. we need to bring jobs back. right now china says come on over, we'll build a plant for you. of course by the way we'll steal your patent afterwards, but they are aggressively moving on every single front to take our jobs. this is simple, we're not going to pay for your moving, period. we'll pay for you to come back. we're not going to pay for your leaving. that ought to be a great bipartisan place to start. >> senator stabenow, good morning. >> good morning. >> a key to incentivizing american companies to move jobs back to the u.s. was to impose a global minimum tax on operations abroad. did you include that in your pro owesal and if not, why not? >> well, ron, first of all, i want this to be very simple and straight forward. we're looking at one piece that i think should have strong bipartisan support. we need broader tax reform as a member of fps committee i'm very involved with that. our chairman senator bacchus is focused on that. i'm confident we'll have comprehensive tax reform. we get involved in the prop
that's how you have an economy. we need to bring jobs back. right now china says come on over, we'll build a plant for you. of course by the way we'll steal your patent afterwards, but they are aggressively moving on every single front to take our jobs. this is simple, we're not going to pay for your moving, period. we'll pay for you to come back. we're not going to pay for your leaving. that ought to be a great bipartisan place to start. >> senator stabenow, good morning. >> good...
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number one he said the economy, fixing the economy. he says he's going to take advantage when it comes to natural resources of the country's oil, coal, natural gas to lower energy costs so more manufacturing jobs will come into the country. has he spelled out how he's going to do it. >> first step is the keystone pipeline. i think for republicans, it's indicative of the way that obama places politics ahead of jobs. and i think the contrast romney is trying to draw there, jobs will be first, jobs jobs jobs and no other consideration will come close to bringing jobs back to america. it's a winning message for him but get an out sized amount of attention on the campaign trail. >> when you look at what president obama has done, the u.s. imports 45% of its petroleum, down from 57% in 2008. since the president took office as he likes to say a lot, the domestic oil and gas production increased every year and manufacturing jobs are on the rise, up 21,000 in his administration. is that a valid pushback against something like keystone? >> you ju
number one he said the economy, fixing the economy. he says he's going to take advantage when it comes to natural resources of the country's oil, coal, natural gas to lower energy costs so more manufacturing jobs will come into the country. has he spelled out how he's going to do it. >> first step is the keystone pipeline. i think for republicans, it's indicative of the way that obama places politics ahead of jobs. and i think the contrast romney is trying to draw there, jobs will be...
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, economy, jobs, economy. when you look at polls and here's an abc news poll about the economy and people are asked who do you trust on the economy, it's mitt romney who leads. 47%. to president obama who is at 43%. if, in fact, that's the focus, people aren't polling saying women's issue, not saying middle class issues specifically. they're not saying latino issues, isn't this a big problem for the president? >> well, look, the president inherited the worst economic crisis in a generation and millions more people are working today because of the bold steps that he took. another interesting number in that poll was mitt romney is -- has a double-digit deficit on his inability to connect with the challenges people are facing. people don't think he has empathy. don't think he understands the challenges that middle class families are dealing with every single day. and that's a real problem for him as he looks ahead to the next few months. >> hey, will cain. he pointed out the president's strategy will be to appeal
, economy, jobs, economy. when you look at polls and here's an abc news poll about the economy and people are asked who do you trust on the economy, it's mitt romney who leads. 47%. to president obama who is at 43%. if, in fact, that's the focus, people aren't polling saying women's issue, not saying middle class issues specifically. they're not saying latino issues, isn't this a big problem for the president? >> well, look, the president inherited the worst economic crisis in a...
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it crashed our economy. why would we want to go back there? that is essentially the argument do, we move forward to building this skme economy we know we can build or go back to the same policy that is punish the middle class and crashed the economy? >> you're right. i think americans understand that president obama didn't create the bad economy, that he has a convincing argument he has ton as much as he can and any president could do. one thing president clinton did do is talk about the diddet and talk about the spending. if x it hit 16 trillion this week. the spending, as much as the programs have cost they added to the debt and deficit and this is one of the things the republicans have tackled substantively and i wonder if president obama will tackle that. >> i don't think republicans have tackled that substantively. >> he wanted to do entitlement reform before president and it didn't happen. >> i am not sure where to start. let me try. you know, the president commissioned simpson-bowles because congress wouldn't act. it was a good process.
it crashed our economy. why would we want to go back there? that is essentially the argument do, we move forward to building this skme economy we know we can build or go back to the same policy that is punish the middle class and crashed the economy? >> you're right. i think americans understand that president obama didn't create the bad economy, that he has a convincing argument he has ton as much as he can and any president could do. one thing president clinton did do is talk about the...
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they're saying clearly the economy and jobs is number one. there has to be a direct correlation as opposed to gingrich's comments. >> well, i don't agree with that. i speak to people here about this sort of thing frequently. believe me, if someone comes out and says that spanish is a ghetto language, it doesn't matter what he puts on his website about his economic policy. >> let's not downplay the catholic factor as well with this. there are quite a few catholics who aren't really thrilled about gingrich joining the club and his personal life might come back to haunt him with this demographic for that reason. >> as much as it pains me to agree with the former congressman on anything, i think he's right. >> here we go. >> got you there. right back at ya. >> personalities play an outside role in this election. >> more than the economy? >> even roland's point about the economy carries weight. it's interesting about the poll. republican latino voters in florida, gingrich has a softer immigration stance than mitt romney. yet the majority of florid
they're saying clearly the economy and jobs is number one. there has to be a direct correlation as opposed to gingrich's comments. >> well, i don't agree with that. i speak to people here about this sort of thing frequently. believe me, if someone comes out and says that spanish is a ghetto language, it doesn't matter what he puts on his website about his economic policy. >> let's not downplay the catholic factor as well with this. there are quite a few catholics who aren't really...
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it's a huge drag on our economy. and preventing job creation. >> so there's not one thing that you like? >> i must admit in 16 minutes i haven't read the entirety it. >> but enough to be bitterly disappointed. we heard you. but i give you a couple -- in all seriousness. >> it's trillion dollar deficit as far as the eye can see. >> we came into your segment listing some of the very small handful of things that are in this budget. again, $30 billion to hire teachers, police officers, firefighters. $30 billion to modernize schools. $350 billion for job creation. infrastructure upgrades at $476 billion. you're against all of those things? >> what i'm against is saddling this economy and future generations with debt that they can't handle. we've got to quit spending money we don't have. and we are borrowing almost three cents on the dollar. >> so you're against all of those things i just listed? >> i'm against trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see. you will see a republican budget, a republican budget that pu
it's a huge drag on our economy. and preventing job creation. >> so there's not one thing that you like? >> i must admit in 16 minutes i haven't read the entirety it. >> but enough to be bitterly disappointed. we heard you. but i give you a couple -- in all seriousness. >> it's trillion dollar deficit as far as the eye can see. >> we came into your segment listing some of the very small handful of things that are in this budget. again, $30 billion to hire teachers,...
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he can't run on the economy because the economy is going into the tank. >> really? you had me till that point. the economy is doing this? it's very slow but it's an upward -- >> the economy is doing that. >> slowly. >> inventories have been built up over time. that's where you show that. >> the graphic is that. it is -- you cannot argue that it's not improving slowly and slightly. >> and the austerity economics we see being played out in europe where it has failed. it's the kind of austerity politics paul ryan, your party would bring and really take us into the tank. >> now they're fighting. they were together. >> we have a philosophical major disagreement. >> we have to live within our means. do you live on a budget? do you spend more than -- >> i think one of the most insidious metaphors -- i think families sit around the table and talk about investments. what we need in this country is the investment in our future in the short and medium term and then we think long term. >> what we need on my show is a commercial break. you can continue. >> capitalism at its best
he can't run on the economy because the economy is going into the tank. >> really? you had me till that point. the economy is doing this? it's very slow but it's an upward -- >> the economy is doing that. >> slowly. >> inventories have been built up over time. that's where you show that. >> the graphic is that. it is -- you cannot argue that it's not improving slowly and slightly. >> and the austerity economics we see being played out in europe where it has...
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the main issue is the economy. when people look at foreign policy this he see osama bin laden. >> and i think americans approved pulling the troops out of iraq. >> that was begun by president bush. when you start with condy rice and john mccain and once you get behind the big victories and they were big, no doubting it, seei what he has done as far as israel, iran, the british, the inconsistent policies, as far as really not working closely with our allies, we'll see the policy is not as good as people think it is right now. >> senator mccain spoke about an aissue close to your heart and i want to listen to what he said. >> we can't afford to have the security of our nation -- we can't afford to have the security of our nation and those who bravely defend it in danger because their government leaks secrets of their heroic operations to the media. >> as i said, you accused the white house of leaks as well. do you have any hard evidence? >> first of all, just the white house's own statements. the stories are in the "
the main issue is the economy. when people look at foreign policy this he see osama bin laden. >> and i think americans approved pulling the troops out of iraq. >> that was begun by president bush. when you start with condy rice and john mccain and once you get behind the big victories and they were big, no doubting it, seei what he has done as far as israel, iran, the british, the inconsistent policies, as far as really not working closely with our allies, we'll see the policy is...
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al qaeda on the ascendency, the economy in the tank, and beyond that. now i've never been more optimistic in my life. we're in a position where we can be to the point where we can bring the debt under control of sound financial policy. energy independence in a way i never thought of before, respected by the world again like we haven't been for the past 20 years. >> ready to run against hillary clinton. >> look, i made that judgment and hillary hasn't made that judgment. but everything that should be done over the next two years, that i should be part of, would have to be done whether i run or i don't run. if this administration is successful, whoever is running as a democrat is bettin a bette position to win. >> interesting to see joe biden clearly, like setting it up for the 2016 run. >> it's a huge -- >> a huge contrast between him and president obama when it comes to loving politics. this guy works the rope line, the photos. he truly loves that aspect of politics. >> a guy trying to set a marker, i'm getting done. the guy the president goes toto get
al qaeda on the ascendency, the economy in the tank, and beyond that. now i've never been more optimistic in my life. we're in a position where we can be to the point where we can bring the debt under control of sound financial policy. energy independence in a way i never thought of before, respected by the world again like we haven't been for the past 20 years. >> ready to run against hillary clinton. >> look, i made that judgment and hillary hasn't made that judgment. but...
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the economy sneads a square meal. right? and the fed is giving them as much energy as it possibly can in the absence of an economy that's working on its own. so what it's going to do, the fed is going to buy more doughnuts. it's going to buy back mortgage-backed securities, specifically it's going to keep mortgage rates low. it's going to pump money into the system. it hopes to encourage borrowing and more spending and eventually hiring. it's buying $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities each month. it's called qe-3 and critics say qe-3 is nothing more than a big box of doughnuts. it's not real nutrition. but you know what? it's all we have right now. this does not use taxpayer money. instead the fed expands money supply, electronically crediting banks with more funds. the fed is not giving an end date. translation there, the sugar rush will keep going until the economy gets better on its own. the dow, the s&p 500, five-year highs. nasdaq hit a 12-year high, the home builders rose 3% because they think this is going to be
the economy sneads a square meal. right? and the fed is giving them as much energy as it possibly can in the absence of an economy that's working on its own. so what it's going to do, the fed is going to buy more doughnuts. it's going to buy back mortgage-backed securities, specifically it's going to keep mortgage rates low. it's going to pump money into the system. it hopes to encourage borrowing and more spending and eventually hiring. it's buying $40 billion of mortgage-backed securities...
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it's the economy. but she gives the answers most republicans give when you say what's the problem with hispanics and women here? they say, well, they are really -- it's a longstanding problem. it's a three decade gap. particularly with women. >> congressman chaffetz, how do you answer that. i would agree when you ask that question, we don't have a problem. sort of a conflict in what we would see and the conversations we've been having over the last months or so about immigration or women's issues. that had to be a challenge for the party. how do you answer that? >> over the course of the last three days, you saw very strong, accomplished women take the center stage. the governor of new mexico, i thought she was absolutely fabulous. she talked about how she thought she was a democrat but when she sat down and what she believed in, i'm actually a republican. and she wanted to great success. ann romney's presentation. the jobs, the economy, but it is bigger and brooder than that. when people look at the t
it's the economy. but she gives the answers most republicans give when you say what's the problem with hispanics and women here? they say, well, they are really -- it's a longstanding problem. it's a three decade gap. particularly with women. >> congressman chaffetz, how do you answer that. i would agree when you ask that question, we don't have a problem. sort of a conflict in what we would see and the conversations we've been having over the last months or so about immigration or...
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the economy was about to go over a cliff. now we've stabilized things and begun to turn things around and need to work together so everyone who wants to succeed has an opportunity to succeed. we have to continue to invest as president obama has said in an education and innovation. and make sure that america can out educate and out compete and out innovate the rest of the world. >> nice to see you. we look forward to seeing you at 5:00. if you want to know what it's like to experience the democratic national convention from the inside, you can join the cnn election roundtable with wolf blitzer and political team in this live virtual chat. at 12:00 noon eastern. go to cnn.com/roundstable. let's get to christine romans. >> good morning, investigators say they believe a suspected sniper who terrorized northwestern washington state acted alone. he was killed after a standoff with sheriff's deputies today. they are trying to fig out why this unidentified 60-year-old fired on neighbors and armored police vehicles. the seatal times r
the economy was about to go over a cliff. now we've stabilized things and begun to turn things around and need to work together so everyone who wants to succeed has an opportunity to succeed. we have to continue to invest as president obama has said in an education and innovation. and make sure that america can out educate and out compete and out innovate the rest of the world. >> nice to see you. we look forward to seeing you at 5:00. if you want to know what it's like to experience the...
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listen, we want our economy to improve. and by any historic standard we should have already been in full recovery. in fact, had this recovery followed the trend of all the previous post-war recoveries, americans would be thousands of dollars richer and millions more employed. but the bottom line is the policy of this president where he threatens more taxation, where he's drowning business and n. red tape with his health care program, where he is bankrupting our nation bringing our nation's first trillion dollar deficit second and third, i mean, he's caused small business toes no longer want to create businesses or hire new people. the president cannot escape responsibility for this economy. republicans have a plan for america's job creators and, in fact, we have 27 jobs bills that are stacked up like cord wood in democratic harry reid won't do anything with them. the president won't do anything with them. so, again, when the president speaks of bipartisanship, he's not practicing it. >> let's talk about that for a moment. a
listen, we want our economy to improve. and by any historic standard we should have already been in full recovery. in fact, had this recovery followed the trend of all the previous post-war recoveries, americans would be thousands of dollars richer and millions more employed. but the bottom line is the policy of this president where he threatens more taxation, where he's drowning business and n. red tape with his health care program, where he is bankrupting our nation bringing our nation's...
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and that is jobs and the economy. and the past few days he's talked quite a bit about energy and national security. those are the issues that people listen to. those are the things that they're concerned with. and that is what helped him to come in a virtual dead heat with mitt romney in his own home state. he's connecting to people -- >> i'm wondering if you think it was a mistake to have conversations because the topic of conversation, you're right now, closer to primary daze day, the shift was back to jobs and economy. over the weekend it really wasn't. over the weekend it was j.f.k. and it was the first amendment, it was separation of church and state, contraception, it was calling the president a snob about thinking that everybody should go to college. so was that shift saying, wow, that's a mistake? our poll numbers are coming down when we go that direction we're carving a narrower niche of people who that message is resonating with? >> i can assure you he spent the bulk of his time out there on the stump talkin
and that is jobs and the economy. and the past few days he's talked quite a bit about energy and national security. those are the issues that people listen to. those are the things that they're concerned with. and that is what helped him to come in a virtual dead heat with mitt romney in his own home state. he's connecting to people -- >> i'm wondering if you think it was a mistake to have conversations because the topic of conversation, you're right now, closer to primary daze day, the...
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all we do is talk about other legitimate things, economy, iran. we have to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time and we as people have to become better informed about the rest of the world. we need to learn languages and so on. i think together after ten years kind of going back to sleep with the rest of the world. >> why did you vote against the patriot act? >> because i read it. when i read it -- when i read it afound out there was all this stuff in there shoved in there by people from the fbi and others who could never get those things through before. the late bob novak said it was an old wish list of the fbi, took bob's phrase. he and i didn't agree on a lot of things. going after people's library records who had absolutely no connection to terrorism. being able to go into people's houses when they're on vacation and being able to go in there in situations that they never even used it for terrorism for a long time. it was kind of a manipulation of fear and it's never been picksed. >> seems like the tenor has been changed and you write ab
all we do is talk about other legitimate things, economy, iran. we have to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time and we as people have to become better informed about the rest of the world. we need to learn languages and so on. i think together after ten years kind of going back to sleep with the rest of the world. >> why did you vote against the patriot act? >> because i read it. when i read it -- when i read it afound out there was all this stuff in there shoved in there by...
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and just the economy in general. they are having, you know, they are wondering if they're going to be working next week or the ones who are out of work are wondering if they're going to find a job. it's a difficult situation sometimes. >> cafes like this are stopping points for every single politician so they can come and glad hand everybody. have they been coming through? >> we have had some of them come through. we had ron paul come lehere, mi romney. you don't see as much signage out there. you didn't see the candidates come as much to new hampshire as they do, i don't think. >> how do you read that? what do you think that means? >> i think in the today of the internet, text messaging, and all of that, i think that they are getting their message out in different ways. a lot more debates this year. so it -- >> unending almost. >> yeah. it's almost like they are not doing the groundwork in new hampshire. almost like we're not as important as we used to be, which seems kind of weird. i was kind of distressed hearing
and just the economy in general. they are having, you know, they are wondering if they're going to be working next week or the ones who are out of work are wondering if they're going to find a job. it's a difficult situation sometimes. >> cafes like this are stopping points for every single politician so they can come and glad hand everybody. have they been coming through? >> we have had some of them come through. we had ron paul come lehere, mi romney. you don't see as much signage...
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these are the types of things we need to do to move our economy, strengthen our economy. there are significant roadblocks not only in washington but in the opponent's presidential race. >> we'll play his comment and his ad. i think when the president says something fine and pretty much immediately afterward says not fine, exact opposite of what he said and david axelrod weighs in on, then there's the attack ad. >> the private sector is doing fine. where we're seeing weakness in our economy had to do with state and local government. >> we've seen layoffs, cutbacks. >> when it's all said and done, i'm make 2g $00 a month. >> i've been looking for a job for two years, haven't found any. >> clearly the president is out of touch if he thinks we're fine and you see people are struggling. do you thing that's a message that works and why not? >> we'd be happy to have a debate about who is out of touch with middle-class americans with mitt romney. i think that the american people understand that the president is trying to move this country forward. he's trying to strengthen or eco
these are the types of things we need to do to move our economy, strengthen our economy. there are significant roadblocks not only in washington but in the opponent's presidential race. >> we'll play his comment and his ad. i think when the president says something fine and pretty much immediately afterward says not fine, exact opposite of what he said and david axelrod weighs in on, then there's the attack ad. >> the private sector is doing fine. where we're seeing weakness in our...
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if the economy goes off the fiscal cliff, the congressional budget office forecasts the economy will shrink next year. first half of next year. 1.3%. unless we back away from the fiscal cliff. that's a recession. this is very uncharacteristic, by the way, of the cbo to make a forecast like this. also uncharacteristic of the fed chairman to get involved in politics. but he is again yesterday warning congress about what happens and why this is a risk to the economy. what makes it so scary right now too as you well know is it's an election year. no one expects congress to deal with these issues until after november 6. lame duck congress. also approaching the debt ceiling again. we could hit that as early as december. and quite frankly, it's almost like we've got a congress that is stuck between you do everything or you do nothing. in between, there's some middle ground here, and this is a congress just not capable of middle ground right now. >> right, right. so it seems like that cliff is getting closer and closer and there's no real options anytime soon. christine, thanks. appreciate t
if the economy goes off the fiscal cliff, the congressional budget office forecasts the economy will shrink next year. first half of next year. 1.3%. unless we back away from the fiscal cliff. that's a recession. this is very uncharacteristic, by the way, of the cbo to make a forecast like this. also uncharacteristic of the fed chairman to get involved in politics. but he is again yesterday warning congress about what happens and why this is a risk to the economy. what makes it so scary right...
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he says he deserves a second term because the economy is making progress. here is what he told matt lawner a super bowl right before the super bowl. >> i deserve a second term, because we're not done. we created 7.3 million jobs in the last 23 months. the most jobs since 2005. but we're not finished. and the key right now is to make sure we don't start turning in a new direction that could throw that progress off. >> republicans insist this is not president obama's morning in america, even after friday's better than expected jobs report. i spoke earlier this morning with republican congressman bill flores, and he had this to say about the president's policies. >> the president's policies have failed. they have caused more unemployment than we had when he was elected. and we have also got a situation where he's retarding the level of growth that we could have. >> gosh it is texas people day. i need to get my produce or the line. we've got to fix this for tomorrow. so we have, however, a congresswoman from the state of california helping me out here, karen ba
he says he deserves a second term because the economy is making progress. here is what he told matt lawner a super bowl right before the super bowl. >> i deserve a second term, because we're not done. we created 7.3 million jobs in the last 23 months. the most jobs since 2005. but we're not finished. and the key right now is to make sure we don't start turning in a new direction that could throw that progress off. >> republicans insist this is not president obama's morning in...
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so the economic argument in ohio hasn't been about good economy/bad economy. they kind of microtargeted which is why the romney campaign focused on the issue of coal for instance. hitting the issue of coal hard. >> and the microtargeting is so interesting because every state is different. it has a different economic fingerprint, if you will. if you look at florida, where housing is a very big deal in florida. in florida it's been kind of a pretty stubborn unemployment rate. i think it's still stuck near where it was before. 8.7% today. that's exactly where it was when the president took office. it's come down from the peaks, but still basically where the president took office. and then in virginia you've got an unemployment rate that is also essentially gone up and come back down and it's essentially flat in virginia, too. it also depends on if there's a republican governor, as well. >> that's one of the very interesting things about the political dynamic. each of these states has a republican governor who is a key surrogate for mitt romney. that governor is u
so the economic argument in ohio hasn't been about good economy/bad economy. they kind of microtargeted which is why the romney campaign focused on the issue of coal for instance. hitting the issue of coal hard. >> and the microtargeting is so interesting because every state is different. it has a different economic fingerprint, if you will. if you look at florida, where housing is a very big deal in florida. in florida it's been kind of a pretty stubborn unemployment rate. i think it's...
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you failed to get this economy going. that was job one, and i understand the economy. i'm going to make it work for the american people. >> what's your strategy now as far as it goes with evangelicals? when you look at the polling numbers how evangelicals, make up, i don't have to tell you, a huge portion of the republican party, you have 14% of their support. that has got to be a challenging number. you look at that number, what's the plan? my strategy with evangelicals is -- what? >> i continue to talk about my best -- i got 24% overall in iowa. 14% among evangelicals there were seven viable candidates on the field. some had the endorsement of evangelical leaders that didn't include me. so, but i'm pleased with, for instance, i look at a place like nmp m new hampshire. i think i'm leading among evangelical voters there. the last time i looked, leading in michigan. i'll do fine with the different groups in this country as long as i continue to talk about my message in getting america stronger, getting our economy going, shrinking the size of the government and holding
you failed to get this economy going. that was job one, and i understand the economy. i'm going to make it work for the american people. >> what's your strategy now as far as it goes with evangelicals? when you look at the polling numbers how evangelicals, make up, i don't have to tell you, a huge portion of the republican party, you have 14% of their support. that has got to be a challenging number. you look at that number, what's the plan? my strategy with evangelicals is -- what?...
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economy in focus with new reports on housing, growth of the overall economy, corporate earnings, the federal reserve is meeting on interest rates too, all happening this week. check on the markets right now, u.s. stocks are up. the markets gained about 2% last week. >>> on the 39th anniversary much the roe versus wade division, rick santorum wants to make one thing perfectly clear. he's the real anti-abortion candidate. in a "wall street journal" editorial today, santorum says, quote, my opponents whisper they are pro-life, but i fight the battle in the trenches and will continue to do so until every innocent human life in this country is protected. >>> "30 rock" star tracy morgan reportedly collapsed last night during an event at the sundance festival in utah and had to be rushed to the hospital. a spokesman says he was suffering from a combination of exhaustion and altitude. >>> it's the first day of the chinese new year. guess who is celebrating the year of the dragon? warren buffett. ♪ i've been working on the railroad ♪ ♪ all the live-long day ♪ i've been working on the
economy in focus with new reports on housing, growth of the overall economy, corporate earnings, the federal reserve is meeting on interest rates too, all happening this week. check on the markets right now, u.s. stocks are up. the markets gained about 2% last week. >>> on the 39th anniversary much the roe versus wade division, rick santorum wants to make one thing perfectly clear. he's the real anti-abortion candidate. in a "wall street journal" editorial today, santorum...
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we'll talk about jobs and the economy. i wonder for the politicians who join us is there a team of people who think very carefully. i would think so, don't you think? >> i would think so too. everything else they do in life. >> william cain is on our panel. john fugelsang, a political comedian, radio personalilty and ali velshi. that rounds out our panel this morning. got to get to headlines before we do anything else. >> good morning. another embarrassment for the general services administration, the agency in charge of buying the government's big ticket items. the head of the gsa resigned this week after details came out about a lavish conference she held in las vegas, a conference that featured among other things a clown, mind reader and $7,000 in sushi. a new web video has surfaced that shows another gsa employee joking about excessive government spending. ♪ >> oh, yes, oyg investigation. the video mentions an awards program, top hat program. you heard him rap. the awards program for gsa employees that gave out $200,
we'll talk about jobs and the economy. i wonder for the politicians who join us is there a team of people who think very carefully. i would think so, don't you think? >> i would think so too. everything else they do in life. >> william cain is on our panel. john fugelsang, a political comedian, radio personalilty and ali velshi. that rounds out our panel this morning. got to get to headlines before we do anything else. >> good morning. another embarrassment for the general...
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you who do they best integrate into our economy and society? the answer is by bringing them under the rule of law, bringing them into our system, not by pretending they're not here or trying to have this sort of shadow economy of illegal workers. bring them into the system, that's good for everybody. >> one of the things being a columnist you leave a long paper trail, and in 2006 you wrote this about the immigration issue, "immigration since 1980 has raised the total income of native-born americans by no more than a fraction of 1% and because mexican immigrants have much less education than the average u.s. worker they increase the supply of less-skilled labor, driving down the wages of the worst-paid americans." so again from an economic standpoint what will the effects be of bringing these people legally into our economy? >> again the point is all of those negative effects that i talked about, those are happening already, those people are already here and we're not going to send them back and it would be a crime against humanity to try and so
you who do they best integrate into our economy and society? the answer is by bringing them under the rule of law, bringing them into our system, not by pretending they're not here or trying to have this sort of shadow economy of illegal workers. bring them into the system, that's good for everybody. >> one of the things being a columnist you leave a long paper trail, and in 2006 you wrote this about the immigration issue, "immigration since 1980 has raised the total income of...
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we know our economy was bad. we know at the end, our economy was wrecked. but let's try it one more time and see if the outcome is different. i think the american people are start enough to understand that the outcome frankly is not going to be different. >> let me bring in our congressman who is shaking his head so violently it might snap off. >> to suggest that -- >> that's really disappointing. >> wall street write the rules is ridiculous. there's more systemic risk now with what president obama has done. we have less big players out there. that is not fair to categorize it like that at all. >> can i ask a question? do you want to repeal dodd frank? >> absolutely, i do. there needs to be -- >> and sarbanes-oxley. >> and sarbanes-oxley. >> the two major pieces of legislation that put regulators back in charge of overseeing big banks are those two pieces of legislation. so you may not agree -- you may not like the slogan that i gave to you which is wall street gets to write the rules. but the practical impact of removing both of those pieces of legislation
we know our economy was bad. we know at the end, our economy was wrecked. but let's try it one more time and see if the outcome is different. i think the american people are start enough to understand that the outcome frankly is not going to be different. >> let me bring in our congressman who is shaking his head so violently it might snap off. >> to suggest that -- >> that's really disappointing. >> wall street write the rules is ridiculous. there's more systemic risk...
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the economy always comes back after a recession, of course. there's never been one that we didn't recover from. the problem is, this one has been deeper than it needed to be, and a slower recovery than it should have been by virtue of the policies of this president. >> if, in fact, ultimately this election everywhere, not just in the state of illinois is a vote on the economy, is that a misstep in the message from the governor? >> i see. well -- >> what do you mean? >> i don't know, soledad. what's that? >> you said forgive me, what do you mean when you say "you see." to me to say the economy is improving might be a bad strategy, right, because if everyone's going to vote on the economy, wouldn't that kind of give an advantage a little bit to the obama campaign? >> well, i don't want to put words in the governor's mouth. i'm not sure exactly what he was referring to but obviously according to the department of labor the employment number according to their numbers is going down. i dispute whether that's an accurate depiction of where americans
the economy always comes back after a recession, of course. there's never been one that we didn't recover from. the problem is, this one has been deeper than it needed to be, and a slower recovery than it should have been by virtue of the policies of this president. >> if, in fact, ultimately this election everywhere, not just in the state of illinois is a vote on the economy, is that a misstep in the message from the governor? >> i see. well -- >> what do you mean? >> i...
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, the guy to fix the economy is me. this is problematic. >> well, politically, the issue is going to be what matters more. level or trajectory. the odds are high that president obama will be seeking re-election with an unemployment rate higher than any president who won re-elections than franklin roosevelt during the depression. is that how voters make their judgment or do they look at the direction? more net jobs created in 2011 than the entire eight years of the bush presidency. can he argue we're not where we should be, but we're going in the right direction. >> listen to what mitt romney is saying about employment right now. he's at a peanut factory. let's listen. >> the government and scale of government. he has been racking up deficits over a trillion dollars a year. he was critical of president bush for putting in place deficits over $400 billion. he's been doing three times that. he's on track by the end of his first term, his only term -- >> a pretty good indication of where mitt romney is going to be hammering
, the guy to fix the economy is me. this is problematic. >> well, politically, the issue is going to be what matters more. level or trajectory. the odds are high that president obama will be seeking re-election with an unemployment rate higher than any president who won re-elections than franklin roosevelt during the depression. is that how voters make their judgment or do they look at the direction? more net jobs created in 2011 than the entire eight years of the bush presidency. can he...
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we'll also be watching the economy. the economy is fairly robust. 5.2% unemployment. housing prices are going up. the jobs are coming back. mitt romney having a hard time making that same argument. against obama that he has failed in terms of the economy here in the state ofva. and, of course, we'll be watching the senate race, a marquee race, $53 million in outside spending. the race of two former governors, george allen the republican, tim kaine the democrat. >> randi kaye live in virginia. cnn is all over the map for you this morning, including the state of new york. where the damage from superstorm sandy has made voting difficult for people who were displaced from their homes by hurricane sandy. new york's governor is doing something about it. voters who live in disaster zones can now vote at any polling place. cnn's alina cho is at a makeshift polling station live in brooklyn, new york, this morning. good morning, alina. >> john, good morning to you. i'm at the only school in new york city that is actually doubling as a shelter and a polling station today. the po
we'll also be watching the economy. the economy is fairly robust. 5.2% unemployment. housing prices are going up. the jobs are coming back. mitt romney having a hard time making that same argument. against obama that he has failed in terms of the economy here in the state ofva. and, of course, we'll be watching the senate race, a marquee race, $53 million in outside spending. the race of two former governors, george allen the republican, tim kaine the democrat. >> randi kaye live in...
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so we know people vote the economy. and yet when you look at the poll of polls, and this is a cnn poll, the president is leading, and continues to lead. this is held pretty steady. 47% for the president and mitt romney at 43%. and it seems contradictory to the first round of polls i read you. jobs jobs jobs and the economy, and then the poll of polls shows he's still behind. >> well, there's a host of polls out there. we had some last week that showed governor romney was ahead in one point. in virginia, he has closed an eight-point gap and is now dead even with the president. and one of the things we know is any time you've got a sitting president below 50%, we know that those undecideds break very heavily for the challenger most of the time come november. we feel pretty good about where the polls are now. but you can't base this on where the polls are. it's still summer. this will change a lot as we go into november. but i still believe that as we head closer to the election, americans are focused on one thing, and tha
so we know people vote the economy. and yet when you look at the poll of polls, and this is a cnn poll, the president is leading, and continues to lead. this is held pretty steady. 47% for the president and mitt romney at 43%. and it seems contradictory to the first round of polls i read you. jobs jobs jobs and the economy, and then the poll of polls shows he's still behind. >> well, there's a host of polls out there. we had some last week that showed governor romney was ahead in one...
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grow the economy. have a more successful economy. if we make more things in america. the president has set forth an agenda to double exports. the way you double exports to make more things in america. so what we want to do is adopt policies that will focus on expanding our manufacturing sector of our economy. we also want to make it easier to keep jobs in america by giving tax credits, and make it less beneficial to ship jobs overseas. we want to make sure there's a level playing field, that our trading partners are trading fair, and not providing barriers to our exports that make their products cheaper in america and more expensive for us to excel there. so we are continuing to focus on growing jobs in america. >> it will not come as a huge surprise to you that eric cantor's office doesn't think it's such a great idea. here's what elena fallon, a spokeswoman for his office, said. whip hoyer's umpteenth version of make it in america isn't new and hasn't moved the needle on job creation. rather than focusing on the same old same old, we reduce red tape and stop. >> the
grow the economy. have a more successful economy. if we make more things in america. the president has set forth an agenda to double exports. the way you double exports to make more things in america. so what we want to do is adopt policies that will focus on expanding our manufacturing sector of our economy. we also want to make it easier to keep jobs in america by giving tax credits, and make it less beneficial to ship jobs overseas. we want to make sure there's a level playing field, that...
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argue it is the economy. you say it's the middle class. >> well, they are kind related to each other. we were just talking about homeless people. you can't pick up a paper without reading a story about former middle class people living in parking lots. the best way to get out of poverty is to get to the middle class. that's the next place up the ladder. in a sense as the middle class is being destroyed across this country, as we are losing people to the middle class, it's having a real effect throughout the country, not just on people in the middle class. so, yeah, we think this is a -- and people understand what's happening in their lives. they want long-term solutions to how the country is going to fix that and get back on track. and we think this is a very, very important thing to talk about. >> you say social mobility and looking at other nation social mobility is really key here. >> it's a wake-up call. what we did in 1992, it's the economy, stupid, we didn't realize, and president clinton didn't realize
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it's already affecting the economy. we learned confidence was at a four-year high in october, and it's plunged this month. congress has forced all of us to begin planning for the worst. >> 40 minutes after the hour. time to check top stories. venezuelan president hugo chavez is said to be suffering from complications following cancer surgery in cuba. they characterize chavez's health as delicate because of a respiratory infection. it's not clear whether the venezuelan leader will be able to return to his country for the start of his new six-year term scheduled to start on january 10th. >>> the second of two volunteer firefighters killed in an ambush on christmas eve will be laid to rest. 19-year-old thomas kaczowka will be laid to rest today. yesterday firefighters from all over the country as far as away as california, came to attend the funal of 19-year-old michael chapersky. >>> a woman charged with murder as a hate crime. police say menendez has hated muslims and hindus since 9/11, and told them she pushed 46-year-o
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let's look at the global economy. not just here in the united states where there's a case for pessimism but in other countries aas well. there is violence in the middle east. there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots. that's a growing case for pessimism. he kind of focuses on the positive part. is that, in some ways, spinning it too positively? >> he addresses in in the piece and says the world is so focused on the pessimistic aspects of the way some things are going that he's not saying -- although he does say that he's optimistic about the future overall. but he said even if you can't grant me that, i want to focus on some areas that are getting better because he believes it's a feedback loop. he believes that if you believe that the situation, despite what you see in the news reports about women worldwide or certain parts of the world are getting better and it's possible to affect change, you might be more optimistic about affecting change yourself. >> can i ask you, what do you think -- what is it abo
let's look at the global economy. not just here in the united states where there's a case for pessimism but in other countries aas well. there is violence in the middle east. there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots. that's a growing case for pessimism. he kind of focuses on the positive part. is that, in some ways, spinning it too positively? >> he addresses in in the piece and says the world is so focused on the pessimistic aspects of the way some things are going that...
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and particularly around helping the economy. >> let's talk specifically about that. you see cheers, it seems and i was over the weekend talking to upstate where i live, some of the folks in the rublican party there, we're thrilled, like, he's a strong choice, bowled choice, these are their words, that he's defined and true conservative. he puts solutions on the table. they were lift rally he is static about his choice. >> are those solutions the right solutions? if the only thing that matters growing the economy and particularly for the middle class, i think the answer is no. let's take a look at the two choices. the romney and ryan approach is very much focused almost exclusively on cutting taxes for the very, very wealthiest. we all want lowtaxes. but then you take a look, how do you really grow middle class? you need investments in education. you need investments in infrastructure and need investments in science and research. those are things that the ryan budget cuts cuts cuts, different approaches. if you're trying to build an economy, from the middle class out,
and particularly around helping the economy. >> let's talk specifically about that. you see cheers, it seems and i was over the weekend talking to upstate where i live, some of the folks in the rublican party there, we're thrilled, like, he's a strong choice, bowled choice, these are their words, that he's defined and true conservative. he puts solutions on the table. they were lift rally he is static about his choice. >> are those solutions the right solutions? if the only thing...
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the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ for real. ...that make a real difference. i i had pain in my abdomen...g. it just wouldn't go away. i was spotting, but i had already gone through menopause. these symptoms may be nothing... but they could be early warning signs of a gynecologic cancer, such as cervical, ovarian, or uterine cancer. feeling bloated for no reason. that's what i remember. seeing my doctor probably saved my life. warning signs are not the same for everyone. if you think something's wrong... see your doctor. ask about gynecologic cancer. and get the inside knowledge. >>> all right. ali velshi had to go to another show. yes, he left me. empty here. time for our end
the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ for real. ...that make a real difference. i i had pain in my abdomen...g. it...
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the economy has been growing. it has been -- every month we've been creating jobs -- >> not enough though, not enough. >> well, not enough, you know when gas prices went up and with the european debt crisis, there have been some pretty tough hurdles here that we had to get over. nonetheless, the economy continues to produce jobs and in the part of america that i represent, we see in the manufacturing sector and in the automotive sector, continuing job growth and even contributing to our added exports. >> do you think the president is trying to change -- >> we have to keep that going. >> do you think the president is trying to change the page -- the job growth is not enough. in some parts -- it just isn't enough. 80,000 jobs created last month. is he trying to change the page and pumt the middle class people behind him, we'll see at this event later on today at the rose garden, and try to say, one thing i can try to control is your tax bill because i can work with congress on that? >> yes, and you know the presiden
the economy has been growing. it has been -- every month we've been creating jobs -- >> not enough though, not enough. >> well, not enough, you know when gas prices went up and with the european debt crisis, there have been some pretty tough hurdles here that we had to get over. nonetheless, the economy continues to produce jobs and in the part of america that i represent, we see in the manufacturing sector and in the automotive sector, continuing job growth and even contributing to...
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the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ ♪ hi dad. many years from now, when the subaru is theirs... hey. you missed a spot. ...i'll look back on this day and laugh. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. perform, compete and grow. and people are driving this change. that's the power of human resources. the society... for human resource management and its members know... how to harness that power, because we help develop it. from the next economy, to the next generation, we help get... the most out of business, by getting the best out of people. shrm. leading people, leading organizations. a short word that's a tall order. up your ga
the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm p. making real things... for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ for real. ...that make a real difference. ♪ ♪ hi dad. many years from now,...
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people seem to poll and say economy, economy, economy. would you agree? >> yes, i do. i've been teaching for 46 years. and over the years, i've seen the students change. >> how do you mean? >> well, it's a gimme society now. and a lot of them don't want to work. they just want the teacher to give them a grade. and of course you can't do that. you have to have standards. so we are hoping that this next election, there will be a real change. and people will start valuing work and doing what they are supposed to do. >> do you think a presidential election can change that? it sounds like you're saying you'd like to see president obama out. >> yes. >> and mitt romney come in. >> yes. well, because he's successful. he knows how to make money. he's not living off of the people. >> this is your husband, correct? >> no. >> that's your husband. ok. i'm going to ask you about your brother-in-law. he says bringing in a new president could change the minds and hearts of students. would you agree with that? >> well, i think at this time, we see more students who are vocationally ori
people seem to poll and say economy, economy, economy. would you agree? >> yes, i do. i've been teaching for 46 years. and over the years, i've seen the students change. >> how do you mean? >> well, it's a gimme society now. and a lot of them don't want to work. they just want the teacher to give them a grade. and of course you can't do that. you have to have standards. so we are hoping that this next election, there will be a real change. and people will start valuing work...
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and it helps our economy. okay, i'm listening. [announcer] at conoco phillips we're helping power america's economy with cleaner affordable natural gas... more jobs, less emissions, a good answer for everyone. so, by reducing the impact of production... and protecting our land and water... i might get a job once we graduate. >>> welcome back. "starting point" this morning. outrage in washington. >> it's pathetic. i can't tell you how disappointed i am. >> working for the government is a sacred trust which you have alone. >> gsa officials are embracing for another beating today. now there's talk of possible bribes, kickback scandals on top of that wasted cash. we'll talk to the man who led the charge yesterday. >>> mitt romney telling president obama to start packing. one poll shows that maybe governor romney has lots of catching up to do if he wants to win the white house. another poll claiming exactly the opposite. we'll analyze both polls. >>> don't blame the band in that tragic stage collapse. who was responsible for getting th
and it helps our economy. okay, i'm listening. [announcer] at conoco phillips we're helping power america's economy with cleaner affordable natural gas... more jobs, less emissions, a good answer for everyone. so, by reducing the impact of production... and protecting our land and water... i might get a job once we graduate. >>> welcome back. "starting point" this morning. outrage in washington. >> it's pathetic. i can't tell you how disappointed i am. >> working...
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he did not come into office with the economy in a freefall. we were losing jobs, but the fact is that within two months we entered the second quarter and lost .7% gdp. the economy bottomed out and then we started recovery the third quarter. >> in the last six months of 2008 and we kept losing jobs in the first months of 2009. >> you don't think the economy was in freefall then? >> no. basically flattened out by the second quarter and grew close to 4% the next three quarters. then president obama's policies took effect and started scaring consumers and business owners and as a result the economy totally stalled. >> senator, where is the evidence? if you look at the entire decade since 2000, tax cuts are going to do any better? when president bush left, ten years to the day after he passed his tax cuts, fewer people were working than on the day they were passing. what was the evidence in that experience that would say this would do better? >> when the tax cuts were enacted, before the howing bubble burst, which was caused by democratic policies,
he did not come into office with the economy in a freefall. we were losing jobs, but the fact is that within two months we entered the second quarter and lost .7% gdp. the economy bottomed out and then we started recovery the third quarter. >> in the last six months of 2008 and we kept losing jobs in the first months of 2009. >> you don't think the economy was in freefall then? >> no. basically flattened out by the second quarter and grew close to 4% the next three quarters....
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economy will be pushed back into recession. that includes letting the bush tax cuts expire, the alternative minimum tax exemption for the middle-class and the trillion dollars of spending cuts and pay cuts for medicare doctors. >>> egypt's future being watched closely by the u.s. and israel this morning. egyptians are heading to the polls right now to elect their first president since the fall of hosni mubarak and the 30 years of dictatorship, it's really the first free elections in the country's 5,000 yeerms of years. >>> we're about to tell you the winner of "dancing with the stars." >> donald and pita! >> i didn't give you much time to turn away, did you, football star donald driver takes home the crystal ball trophy, he and his partner wowed the judges with their country-themed freestyle scoring a ten. the green bay packers wide receiver was a bit of an underdog heading into the final. the judge favorite welsh opera singer katherine jenkins came in second. i'm not a breathless follower of "dancing with the stars." >> would
economy will be pushed back into recession. that includes letting the bush tax cuts expire, the alternative minimum tax exemption for the middle-class and the trillion dollars of spending cuts and pay cuts for medicare doctors. >>> egypt's future being watched closely by the u.s. and israel this morning. egyptians are heading to the polls right now to elect their first president since the fall of hosni mubarak and the 30 years of dictatorship, it's really the first free elections in...
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the president ran knowing where the economy was. he ran against the bush economy. he ran against where the economy was. he won in large part because of the economy and because, he said, that he would fix the economy and people would be better off four years from now because of him. so it's not good enough, what you're going to see this week and say, well, we don't want to go back to bush. >> and bush was conspicuously absent at the rnc. the goal was to not have him have a big presence clearly. >> i don't think that was the case, soledad. the fact is i know bush senior is not feeling up to par. they did a great video tribute to the bush family. the fact is, though, this is going to come down to the economy. and all of the distraction also go away and people will look at this president, did he fulfill the mission of his presidency. >> so when president clinton gets up and speaks on wednesday and he says i handed off to president bush a surplus, a massive surplus, and the person who lost that surplus was president bush. the person who took us through wars was presiden
the president ran knowing where the economy was. he ran against the bush economy. he ran against where the economy was. he won in large part because of the economy and because, he said, that he would fix the economy and people would be better off four years from now because of him. so it's not good enough, what you're going to see this week and say, well, we don't want to go back to bush. >> and bush was conspicuously absent at the rnc. the goal was to not have him have a big presence...
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for the president that means talking about the economy, how things are still difficult but the economy is i a much better place and heading in a much better direction. for romney it will be talking about the president's failed promises and perhaps a preview of that we saw yesterday with the help of vice president biden while he was out on the campaign trail. he was describing how middle class americans will be hurt under mitt romney. and then he sort of put -- framed their plight over the last four years this way. >> this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class has been buried the last four years. how in lord's name can they justify raising taxes with these tax cuts? >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been, quote, buried. we agree. that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. of course the middle class has been buried. they're being buried by regulations. they're being buried by taxes. they're being buried by borrowing. t
for the president that means talking about the economy, how things are still difficult but the economy is i a much better place and heading in a much better direction. for romney it will be talking about the president's failed promises and perhaps a preview of that we saw yesterday with the help of vice president biden while he was out on the campaign trail. he was describing how middle class americans will be hurt under mitt romney. and then he sort of put -- framed their plight over the last...